Photos by Jim Levitt
The Bria Skonberg with Special Guest Wycliffe Gordon opens the 2013 Centrum Jazz Port Townsend Festival on Friday night.
featuring: Bria Skonberg, trumpet and voice; Wycliffe Gordon ,trombone; Randy Halberstadt, piano; Dan Balmer, guitar; Rodney Whitaker, bass; Matt Wilson, drums
JAZZ ALLEY: Bill Evans’ Soulgrass
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Clipper Anderson’s Ballad of Sad Young Men
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
VITO’S: Brendan O’Donnell Trio
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 8:00pm
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Vunt Foom
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Bill Evans’ Soulgrass
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Critical Mass Big Band with Danny Quintero performing “Sinatra at the Sands”
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm
ROYAL ROOM: Honey Ear Trio
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, (206) 906-9920, 8:00pm
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm
BOXLEY’S: Kim Maguire and the Blue Fedoras
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
SERAFINA: Jerry Frank
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 6:00pm
photos by Jim Levitt
The Anthony Wilson Nonet performs at the 2013 Centrum Jazz Port Townsend Mainstage concert on Saturday night.
from The Seattle Times Blog:
Photo by Jim Levitt
The Saturday afternoon triple bill at Jazz Port Townsend’s McCurdy Pavilion fired on all cylinders, unusual for a three-and-a-half hour show featuring three distinctly different acts.
Up first was the Clayton Brothers band — more accurately the Clayton family band, since it featured not only festival artistic director and bassist John Clayton and his brother, alto saxophonist Jeff, but John’s fiery, dredlock-bedecked son, Gerald, who plays piano. This was essentially the same sextet that tore up the Public House in Port Townsend Friday, with the difference that John Clayton replaced Joe Sanders and that the group played a prepared set, including a world premiere.
With Terrell Stafford on trumpet, Stefon Harris on vibes and Obed Calvaire on drums, the band had firepower to spare, and they took no prisoners in a set characterized by thick textures, high pressure, sizzling cross-rhythms, soulful swing and a refreshing variety of tempos, instrumentation and solo order. On the opening tune, a rhythmically tricky original by Jeff Clayton titled “Cha Cha Charleston,” Stafford let fly a bravura circus of high notes and muscular, percussive phrases, then continued to outdo himself all afternoon. Jeff, whose girth and mustache recall Fats Waller, mugged with minty surprise at Stafford’s virtuosity, one arm akimbo, as if to say, “Get a load of that!”
Continue reading at The Seattle Times
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Hal Merrill Quartet
2214 Second Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
ROYAL ROOM: Only Trio/ Hashem Assadullahi Quartet
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM
WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm
BOXLEY’S: Aaron Tevis Project
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
EL GAUCHO: Paul Richardson
2505 1st Ave, 6:00pm
BLUE MOON: Andy Coe Band
712 NE 45th St, Seattle, 206-675-9116, 10:00pm
EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: The Spin Quartet with Chad McCullough, Geof Bradfield, Clark Sommers & Kobie Watkins
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
BOXLEY’S: Diana Page Quartet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Boney James
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm
SERAFINA: Passarim Quintet w/ Leo Raymundo, Francesca Merlini
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9:00pm
SCOTCH AND VINE: Scott Lindenmuth
22341 Marine View Dr S, Des Moines, 7:00pm
LAKESIDE BISTRO: Thelxie Eaves Trio
11425 Rainier Ave S, 206-772-6891, 7:00pm
GRAZIE: Michael Powers Group
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm
SHIP CANAL GRILL: Eugenie Jones
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 8:00pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Brian Nova Trio
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Boney James
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm
THE ROYAL ROOM: The Syrinx Effect/ Zony Mash + Horns
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM
HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+
SERAFINA: Alex Guilbert Duo
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9pm
VITO’S: Lushy
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 8:00pm
SHIP CANAL GRILL: Billy Brandt and The Thing & The Stuff Jazz Band
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 8:00pm
GRAZIE: Michael Powers Group
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm
UNCLE THURMS: Kareem Kandi Band
3709 South G Street, Tacoma, (253) 475-1881, 7:30pm
BOXLEY’S: Michael Barnett Trio
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
Trumpeter Chad McCullough is back from Chicago this week and performing a trio of shows.
Thursday, July 25 – with vocalist Jeff Baker
Tula’s Jazz Club
2214 2nd Ave, 7:30pm
then he does two shows with The Spin Quartet featuring fellow Chicago jazz musicians Geof Bradfield (sax), Clark Sommers (bass) and Kobie Watkins (drums)
Friday, July 26 – Locol
7902 35th Ave SW, West Seattle, 9:00pm
Saturday, July 27 – Tula’s Jazz Club
2214 2nd Ave, Seattle, 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Diane Schuur
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Jeff Baker, George Colligan, Chad McCullough, Geof Bradfield, Clark Sommers & John Bishop
2214 Second Avenue, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
VITO’S: Sunga Rose and the Rhythm Percolators
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 8:00pm
THE ROYAL ROOM: Yada Yada Blues Band
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 206-906-9920, 8:00pm
BARCA: Adam Kessler / Phil Sparks Trio
1510 11th Avenue, Seattle, (206) 325-8263, 9:00pm
SHIP CANAL GRILL: Bernie Jacobs Trio
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm
BOXLEY’S: Vern Sielert Dektet
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
HOTEL MURANO: Kareem Kandi
1320 Broadway, Tacoma, 8:30pm
JAZZ UNDER THE STARS: Stephanie Porter
PLU campus, 8th Ave Ct S & Wheeler St S, Tacoma, 7:00pm
Every Sunday afternoon at 2 we check out the local jazz scene with the latest CDs by resident musicians and on alternate weeks, location recordings that are available nowhere else! This week, there’s music from CDs by Jay Thomas, Chris Amemiya, Jovino Santos Neto, Larry Barilleau, Clipper Anderson and others. We’ll also remember Floyd Standifer and Don Lanphere.
Next week, we’ll begin a series of shows recorded on the mainstage of Centrum’s Jazz Port Townsend 2013. Jazz Northwest is recorded and produced by Jim Wilke for 88.5 KPLU. It airs at 2 PM Pacific and is available as a podcast at kplu.org following the broadcast.
JAZZ ALLEY: Hazmat Modine
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Chris Morton Trio
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
VITO’S: Burns/Harper/Gibson/Goodhew
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 8:00pm
THE ROYAL ROOM: Piano Starts Here: The Music of Fats Waller/ Zony Mash + Horns (Late Show)
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Rippin’ Chicken
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
7pm – Vocal Showcase
9pm – Vocal Jam
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle
JAZZ ALLEY: Hazmat Modine
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Music Works Big Band
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
OWL ‘N THISTLE: Jam w/ Eric Verlinde
808 Post Ave, 206-621-7777, 10:00pm
ROYAL ROOM: 6:00pm: Amy Denio & Beth Fleenor; 7:00pm: Ann Reynolds; 8:00pm: Daniel Barry’s Two Hemispheres
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, (206) 906-9920
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: McTuff Trio
2202 N 45th St, 206-633-1824, 10:00pm
BOXLEY’S: Courtney Cutchins Duo
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
VITO’S: The Tarantellas
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 7:00pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Eastside Modern Jazz Orchestra
2214 Second Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
WHITE RABBIT: Michael Shrieve’s Spellbinder
513 N 36th St Suite E, Seattle, 9:30pm
BOXLEY’S: Bob Baumann and Friends
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans Quintet
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
EL GAUCHO: Paul Richardson
2505 1st Ave, 6:00pm
BLUE MOON: Andy Coe Band
712 NE 45th St, Seattle, 206-675-9116, 10:00pm
EL GAUCHO BELLEVUE: Primo Kim
555 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, 425-455-2734, 6:00pm
from Daniel Sheehan, EyeShotJazz.com
Cameron Sharif (keyboard), Ray Larsen (trumpet), Mark Hunter (bass), Evan Woodle (drums)
Following Syrinx Effect last Thursday evening was yet another band arising from Seattle’s embarrassment of avant-jazz riches, Chemical Clock, an aggressive and determined young band with a lot of good ideas and more than enough chops to pull them off. Led by keyboardist and composer Cameron Sharif, the quartet’s self-titled debut CD EP is a brief and refreshing blast of post-everything avant fusion. Keep in mind that the word “fusion” is a bit loaded. Fusion, to Sharif and his colleagues, means something very different than it did back in the 20th century. The combination of Ray Larsen’s electric trumpet and Shari’s electric keys might suggest a set inspired by Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969) – but while such influences are unavoidable, Chemical Clock is not about reinterpreting or regurgitating the past. Indeed, there is very little nostalgia going on here. The fusion here encompasses aspects of jazz, electronic dance music, prog-metal, contemporary classical music, and the indefinable electro-acoustic music currently being explored by edgy rock bands such as Lightning Bolt and Hella.
from The Seattle Times blog:
Back in February, when Garfield High School Jazz Band director Clarence Acox was at the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival, bassist and festival director John Clayton casually mentioned to Acox as he was walking off the bandstand that he wanted Acox to do “some kind of Quincy thing at Port Townsend.”
“I didn’t hear from him for several months,” says Acox.”Then I heard I was leading the band.”
Eventually, Acox came to understand he was heading up a program with the Centrum All-Star Big Band at this year’s Jazz Port Townsend, which gets underway Thursday, July 25. The big band concert is Saturday afternoon.
Acox has had a ball putting together the program, gathering arrangements with help from Clayton and (trombonist) Dave Marriott.
“Quincy had a knack for creating beautiful melodies,” says Acox. “But he also had a knack for putting together great arrangements that were appealing to the audience and that were substantive enough that the musicians enjoyed playing them.”
Continue reading at The Seattle Times blog.
The first annual Pinehurst Jazz Festival took place early this week in Pinehurst, North Carolina, at the historic Pinehurst Country Club. The festival, held in memory of the late pianist Joshua Wolff, featured a line-up of musicians closely associated with Wolff. Among the headliners were saxophonist Jon Gordon, pianists Toru Dodo and Eric Verlinde, trumpeter Thomas Marriott, drummers John Bishop and Abdullah Rahman, vocalists Hillary Gardner, Whitney James and Michelle Walker as well as Artistic Director and bassist Paul Gabrielson. The musicians, drawn from the New York and Seattle jazz scenes, performed three standing room only shows in the ballroom of the famed golf resort, built in 1898.
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Stephanie Porter Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:30pm
JAZZ ALLEY: Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30 & 10:00pm
THE ROYAL ROOM: JazzEd/ Harmonious Wail/ Greg Ruby Quartet
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM
HIROSHI’S: Jazz and Sushi
2501 Eastlake Ave E, 726-4966
LATONA PUB: Phil Sparks Trio
6423 Latona Avenue NE, 5:00 – 7:00pm, No Cover, 21+
SUNSET TAVERN: Mike Dillon Band w/ Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Band
5433 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, 206-784-4880, 10:00pm
SERAFINA: John Sanders & Sue Nixon Duet
2043 Eastlake Ave E, 206-323-0807, 9pm
VITO’S: Jovino Santos Neto
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 206-682-2695, 8:00pm
SHIP CANAL GRILL: Billy Brandt and The Thing & The Stuff Jazz Band
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 8:00pm
GRAZIE: Blues Fusion
23207 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Bothell, 425-402-9600, 7:00pm
DELANCEY’S ON 3RD: Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio
810 S 3rd Street, Renton, 8:30pm
UNCLE THURMS: Friday night jazz
3709 South G Street, Tacoma, (253) 475-1881, 7:30pm
BOXLEY’S: Dmitri Matheny Group
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
by Daniel Sheehan, EyeShotJazz.com
Naomi Siegel (trombone, pedals, field recordings) & Kate Olson (saxophone, effects)
Syrinx Effect an experimental platform for trombonist Naomi Siegel and saxophonist Kate Olson, played contemporary, improvised music with electronics at the Chapel Performing Space in the opening performance of the Jazz The Second Century, the latest edition of Earshot’s juried series. It was a beautiful set of interesting music. Olson mixed jazz licks and space on soprano sax above a layer of laptop effects, Buddha Machine loops, and snaps, pops and analog electronic sounds from a Cracklebox. Siegel explored the range and booms of trombone and lays down a background of looped brass thwarted by guitar pedals, plus field recordings from her travels.
The duo’s recent release Gnarly & Sweet shows their approach to improvised sonic journeys, tending to cinematic soundscapes set on droning rhythmic motifs. The two trade responsibilities in driving the shape and form of the pieces, each, at times, soloing minimally and sweetly or bombastically.
JAZZ ALLEY: Grandmothers of Invention
2033 6th Ave, 206-441-9729, 7:30pm
SHIP CANAL: Jay Thomas Jam Session
3218 Eastlake Avenue East, Seattle, 206-588-8885, 7:30pm
TULA’S JAZZ CLUB: Dmitri Matheny Quartet
2214 2nd Ave, 206-443-4221, 7:00pm
NEW ORLEANS: The Legacy Band with Clarence Acox
114 First Ave S, 206-622-2563, 7:00pm
BOXLEY’S: 5:00pm: Future Jazz Heads; 7:00pm: Jazz Heads
101 West North Bend Way, North Bend, WA, 425-292-9307, 7:00pm
VITO’S: Jerry Zimmerman
927 9th Ave, Seattle, 8:00pm
THE ROYAL ROOM: Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto + Chris Stover
5000 Rainier Ave South, Seattle, 8:00PM
SEAMONSTER LOUNGE: Unsinkable Heavies
2202 N 45th St, (206) 992-1120, 10:00pm
EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE:
9pm – Rich Pellegrin Quintet, with Neil Welch (tenor saxophone), R. Scott Morning (trumpet), Rich Pellegrin (piano), Nate Omdal (bass) and Chris Icasiano (drums)
1707 NW Market Street, Seattle